Old Ramon / Jack Schaefer ; illustrated by Harold E. West.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016Copyright date: ©1988Description: 102 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780826357649
- 0826357644
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | SCHAEFER JACK | Available | 1961 Newbery Honor Book | 33111010795215 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Awarded a 1961 Newbery Honor, Old Ramon tells the timeless coming-of-age story of a young boy who spends a summer with an old shepherd in the Mojave Desert. He leaves his textbooks behind for real life lessons with Ramon as his mentor. He learns not only how to care for the sheep but how to overcome fear, how to face death and responsibility, and the difference between being alone and being lonely. Written in Schaefer's charming and engaging style, the novel details a boy's discovery of both the value of friendship and the hardship of life.
Originally published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin in 1960.
A wise old shepherd teaches a young boy lessons about survival, bravery, wisdom, and friendship as he shows him how to care for a flock of sheep in the harsh Mojave Desert.